Full Spectrum Air Defence Day 1 | 23 June 2026
7:00 - 8:05
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
8:05 - 8:10
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Major General (Ret'd) Gary Deakin CBE -
Former Chief of Staff,
NATO Joint Force Command
LESSONS OBSERVED FROM UKRAINE AND ISRAEL THEATRES
8:10 - 8:30
KEYNOTE: NATO IAMD PRIORITIES FOR PEACETIME, CRISIS, AND CONFLICT
Lieutenant General Juan Pablo Sánchez De Lara -
Commander, Combined Air Operations Center,
NATO Allied Air Command
• Priorities of CAOC Torrejón to plan, coordinate, and control air operations
• Ensuring mission readiness to respond to evolving threats
• Bolstering preparedness for overseeing NATO Air Policing in southern Europe
Lieutenant General Juan Pablo Sánchez De Lara
Commander, Combined Air Operations CenterNATO Allied Air Command
8:30 - 9:00
RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
9:00 - 9:30
LATEST IN MISSILE THREATS AND DEFENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND LESSONS OBSERVED FROM RECENT CONFLICTS
Uzi Rubin -
Former Director,
Institute for Strategy and Security
9:30 - 10:00
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FORM THALES
10:00 - 10:30
PROCUREMENT PRIORITIES FOR EUROPEAN AIR AND MISSILE DEFENCE
Volker Becker -
Division Chief for Ground Based Air and Missile Defence,
BAAINBw
• Procurement priorities for closing vulnerability gaps
• Reinforcing ballistic missile defence as a key pillar of the European Sky Shield Initiative
• Bolstering multi-domain air and missile defence
10:40 - 11:10
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK
CURRENT PROGRAMMES AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS
11:10 - 11:40
FRENCH INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENCE PROGRAMME PRIORITIES
• Strengthening French air defence capabilities in response to the UKR/RUS conflict
• Operational involvement of the AAE in French Foreign Policy
• Planning for next-generation air defence to protect against hypersonic threats
11:40 - 12:10
GAP FILLER RADARS – CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR SKY PICTURE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND EFFECTIVE IAMD IN THE NEW ERA
- Combat-proven, multi-mission, software-defined radars designed for enhanced survivability in both stationary and mobile applications, meeting strict SWaP-C requirements
- Growing vulnerabilities of traditional air defense systems against low-flying, small-RCS UAS threats and the need for mobile, affordable, and easily deployable gap-filler radars to improve detection and engagement capabilities.
- Real-world applications of tactical radar solutions, including air surveillance, M-SHORAD, CUAS, and Sense & Warn systems, demonstrating effectiveness in filling critical capability gaps and supporting force protection efforts.
12:10 - 12:40
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: US PERSPECTIVE ON C-UAS CAPABILITIES
· Perspective on current threat posed by small UAS in light of recent and current conflicts
· Joint training and doctrine required to deliver trained forces to enhance Joint C-sUAS operations
· Future advancements in lethality of C-sUAS capabilities
12:40 - 13:10
THE WAY TOWARDS AN EUROPEAN IAMD
• Diehl Defence & Diehl Defence GBAD
• [ESSI] European Sky Shield Initiative
• HYDEF: Hypersonic Defence
• The way towards a European IAMD
13:10 - 14:20
LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK
TRACK 1 - COUNTERING THE EVOLVING UAS THREAT
14:20 - 14:50 SPANISH ARMY C-UAS CAPABILITIES ON THE GROUND: LESSONS IDENTIFIED ON THE EASTERN FLANK DEPLOYMENTTRACK 1 - COUNTERING THE EVOLVING UAS THREAT
14:50 - 15:20 UTILISING PASSIVE RF DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR INTEROPERABLE IAMD• Homeland Security
• Multi-agency
• Multi-mission
· Interoperable with partners (Scalable, Modular, Automated)
· Multi-range capability· Passive and Persistent (compared to Radar, Manning, Maintenance, Cost, Invasive, potentially antagonistic)
TRACK 2 - ENSURING AIR SUPERIORITY WITH THE EVOLVING HYPERSONIC & BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
14:20 - 14:50 THE FUTURE OF INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE: LEVERAGING SPACE TO COUNTER EVOLVING THREATS· The new US Army IAMD strategy and how it plans to counter the wide variety of threats
· The convergence of space and missile defense
· The concept of missile defeat
TRACK 2 - ENSURING AIR SUPERIORITY WITH THE EVOLVING HYPERSONIC & BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
14:50 - 15:20 UK IAMD CAPABILITIES AND GLOBAL COLLABORATION· A business view of IAMD: The PESTLE forces
· The UK’s academic and industrial IAMD capabilities
· The collaboration opportunities between partner nations on IAMD
15:20 - 15:50
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
TRACK 1 - COUNTERING THE EVOLVING UAS THREAT
15:50 - 16:20 ITALY’S PRIORITIES FOR COUNTER SMALL AND MICRO UAS· Current projects for C-UAS operations
· New capabilities for countering mini/micro UAS
· Cooperation and collaboration for enhancing future capabilities
TRACK 1 - COUNTERING THE EVOLVING UAS THREAT
16:20 - 16:50 NORTHCOM DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND TRACKING OF C-UAS• Current kinetic and non-kinetic approaches for countering drones
• Increasing our efforts to field directed-energy weapons to counter uncrewed aircraft and hypersonic missiles
• Importance of leveraging cutting-edge sensor technology
TRACK 2 - ENSURING AIR SUPERIORITY WITH THE EVOLVING HYPERSONIC & BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
15:50 - 16:20 NATO’S INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENCE: PROTECTING AGAINST EVOLVING THREATS• Hypersonic and Ballistic Air and missile threats to NATO
• NATO’s approach to Integrated Air and Missile Defence, to face these threats
• Next steps beyond the Summit in the Hague
TRACK 2 - ENSURING AIR SUPERIORITY WITH THE EVOLVING HYPERSONIC & BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
16:20 - 16:50 PANEL DISCUSSION: LEVERAGING NON-KINETIC EFFECTS FOR AIR AND MISSILE DEFENCE Major General (Ret'd) Gary Deakin CBE - Former Chief of Staff, NATO Joint Force Command• What are the primary challenges in integrating non-kinetic technologies with existing kinetic defence systems?
• How are non-kinetic effects, such as electronic warfare and cyber operations, being integrated into current AMD strategies to counter hypersonic and ballistic missile threats?
• What regulatory challenges exist in the deployment of non-kinetic technologies, and how is the government addressing these to facilitate their integration into national defence systems?
• How can nations foster international collaboration to develop and implement non-kinetic defence capabilities, ensuring Interoperability with allies and partners?
16:50 - 16:55
RETURN TO PLENARY
16:55 - 17:25
UK PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONTINUALLY EVOLVING UAS THREAT
· Status of current UK C-UAS capabilities, and enhancing C-UAS efficiency
· Understand the future of UAS and C-UAS technology, and strategies to prepare for evolving threats
· Collaborating with allies and partners to prepare for the continually evolving UAS threat landscape
17:25 - 18:10
PANEL DISCUSSION: IMPLEMENTING A MULTI-LAYERED APPROACH TO COUNTER-UAS
Colonel (Ret.) Paul Daniels -
Senior Defense Consultant and President, P. Daniels Consulting,
FSAD 2025 Co-Chairman
· How are existing capabilities and solutions being leveraged to develop layered defence for UAS, focusing on developing an integrated and data-centric C2 system?
· How are militaries preparing a holistic strategy to detect, track, and neutralise drones at various ranges and altitudes?
· How are directed energy and non-kinetic effects being adapted to neutralise both current and future UAS threats?
· What are considerations of countering drone swarms, and how can industry support strategies to implement AI/ML to improve tracking and targeting?
· How are training methods being adapted to prepare for the evolving UAS threat?
Colonel (Ret.) Paul Daniels
Senior Defense Consultant and President, P. Daniels ConsultingFSAD 2025 Co-Chairman
